December 2, 2019 CFSI Staff

A cautionary tale: FDA bans crabmeat supplier from importing into the US

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is debarring James R. Casey, owner of Casey’s Seafood in Newport News, Virginia, from importing food into the U.S. for five years.

In January, Casey was sentenced to prison for nearly four years for labeling a mixture of U.S. and foreign blue crab as solely U.S. crab. Casey pleaded guilty last September to mislabeling nearly 360,000 pounds of crab meat, which was valued at USD 4.3 million (EUR 3.9 million)…

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